Two pressure reducing stations to be included in Fairview infrastructure

The Rainbow Municipal Water District infrastructure to be funded by the planned Fairview development project will include two pressure reducing stations as well as water and sewer pipelines.

Rainbow's Oct. 27 board meeting included a 4-0 vote, with Helene Brazier unable to participate, to approve an agreement between the district and D.R. Horton for the construction of the water district's infrastructure.

"It's a pretty standard agreement," said Rainbow general manager Tom Kennedy.

When D.R. Horton acquired the property from Bonsall Group, LLC, the development's name was changed from Lilac Del Cielo to Fairview. In May 2008, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved the tentative parcel subdivision map and three site plans for Lilac Del Cielo. The map would subdivide 55.9 acres at West Lilac Road and Camino Del Rey into an 8.6-acre lot which would be the site of 76 condominium units and a 47.3-acre lot which would be dedicated as permanent open space.

A tentative parcel map becomes a final map when all conditions of the tentative map, other than those for which permits cannot be issued until the final map is recorded, are fulfilled. A tentative map only creates legal lots and does not grandfather a project against updated stormwater or other regulations enacted before grading and building permits are obtained.

Four time extensions to record the final map have been granted, and the deadline to record a final map is now April 4, 2023.

D.R. Horton now plans to build 73 condominium units within private streets. D.R. Horton and the district have been working to coordinate the necessary facility improvements for Fairview, and the developer and district are also working together on plan checking.

Hunsaker and Associates prepared the plans and specifications which were approved by the Rainbow district. The infrastructure will be built by contractors for D.R. Horton but will become the property of the Rainbow Municipal Water District after the facilities are completed and dedicated.

Under the agreement, D.R. Horton will be fully responsible for directing and supervising the design and construction of the specified facilities while Rainbow will review, inspect, and approve the design and construction.

The contractor will be required to have an "A" general engineering contractor's license and be experienced in the construction of domestic water supply systems and sewer systems. D.R. Horton will pay for the entire cost to construct the facilities.